Lurker > TomNook7

No joke i got off the couch, got a chair from the dining room, sat it directly in front of the tv, and was like aight fuck this

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Optimized my route to the boss, equipped every healing consumable i had, summoned two npcs, and managed to get everyone there to take on the three gankers. My original strat was to focus on the archer first, but my bros were getting killed too quick, so i worked with them kiting the enemies between us and backstabbing when possible

My weapon started to break mid fight (i guess from destroying so many petrification statues on the way to the boss) so there i was again running around and fumbling through my inventory to get a repair powde

But man eventually we got them with zero flasks to go

Hell yeah

I could probably just say screw it and go fight Nashandra and kill her easily, but could i really call myself a real gamer if ive never finished the dark souls ii dlc?

PeaceFrog posted...

They really designed the dlc with co-op in mind. I did it solo but it was maddening.

thats about where im at lol.

still stuck at elana, but also found cerah, graverobber, and varg and its not much easier lmao. After absolutely sweeping through the main game, this DLC has completely stopped me in my tracks

LOL i was drunk at a party and we had a gamecube out; i dont even remember making this topic

But yeah sure ill play it

Also Mario Power Tennis is incredible

I hated this when i was 13 because i just wanted a sequel to star fox 64

Was i wrong?

Snake5555555555 posted...

For the record I'm tentative about allowing Alolan Pokmon forms since they're not different characters literally just a variation.

imagine youre an alolan exeggutor, and you have zero concept of what a normal exeggutor is, because fuck if youve ever been to kanto. imagine how youd feel

also is it just me or is it kinda insane ghost trick was in the same decade as fire emblem three houses

2B
Joker
Micolash
Solaire
Lee (TWD)
Clementine (TWD)
Shovel Knight
Sans
Alolan Exeggutor <- everybody nominate this
Madiline (Celeste)
Solas (Dragon Age Inquisition)
Isabelle
Cuphead
Mordin

ill edit this later with more

Elana is hard ;-;

maybe ill deal with the gold knight before her NOPE SHE SUMMONS SKELETONS WHILE IM STILL DEALING WITH HIM

GranzonEx posted...

ya go my Eiyuden

also braid physical plz

Whew just beat them by the skin of my teeth thanks to mr. homie dwarf with moonlight sword-

>another boss appears immediately after

Oh

Lol

Probably gonna have to summon for this fight. This is like Ornstein and Smough all over again

Getting low on Effigies tho after all that time playing with my friend

Hmmm

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Yeah Elena is a bit tough, so i looked up a guide for the main game, and i went to all three memories

Im not sure what item i was supposed to get there tho? Giant souls? I sure hope not because ive been using them LOL

I was about to kill Throne Defender & Throne Watcher on the first try (my magical great sword fucking ROCKS them), but after killing Defender, i ran off to heal, and when i turned around, Watcher revived him to full health

Yeah i killed him lol

It wasnt hard so much as a trial of extreme patience

Bump, idk where to go in the main game, so ive just been tackling dragon city dlc now that im strong enough to solo it

I hit post without finishing lol: but like i dunno man, FF14 feels like its more for an adult audience with mature themes, etc, and thats what I kinda crave at this age. We have Disco Elysium now, so I want some real, relatable characters with good writing and stories that are more grounded. And theres plenty of Japanese RPGs with believable characters and worlds that dont go off the deep end like Infinite Wealth or Fromsouls. Even FF16 to an extent.

Theres just this huge disconnect in my mind whenever I see FF7R characters so much as speak, and I wish i could get over it, but whew i just cant

HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

You say this as if ff14's flavor of anime bullshit isn't also directly catered to fans of 2000s squeenix melodrama

Strong disagree. FF14s world and lore is always grounded in rules, even when it goes crazy. And the writing is strong enough that the characters always feel human

FF7Rs rules are seemingly just made up as they go, and the characters were probably always anime cliches, but doubling down on cliche makes them feel really hard to relate to imo

Id argue rebirths user score is higher because it has 6,000 less votes than remake, because a bunch of us 90s FF fans peaced out when we realized this was more catered towards the 2000s kingdom hearts / advent children fans

also the best FF since the 00s already happened and it was called Shadowbringers

Sephiroth: IT IS YOUR DESTINY TO DEFY YOUR FATE

Cloud: anime grunt

FF fans who were always gonna love it no matter what: 10/10

fuck yeah katamari music

tag

Boss

Lol i tried to run past everything a couple times but like TWENTY DUDES all clusterfucked me as i tried to enter the boss room lmao

So eventually i fought their big bad main leader who dual wielded two swords, and he legit had me on the ropes as like twelve dudes just watched in silence. Actually a legit cool moment. And he stayed permadead too, so all the knights no longer came at me no matter what

I dont think i wouldve been able to stomach food after all that

Lol yeah i figured it out. They only show respect if you fight their leaders

Also the ancient dragon killed me with its flying fire attack a couple times because i forgot depleting your stamina makes it so you cant run for a couple seconds

Anddd immediately the zombies in dragon aerie explode and break my ring which helps my equipment load, and then im fat rolling, and then more zombies break every piece of armor i have equipped

welcome back to dark souls

Also now im at the dragon shrine, and the dragon knights will sometimes randomly be friendly, but also randomly will decide to attack me? Wtf is that about

Back from my trip. Lets get it

matthewmatosis is king for me

Lmao some of these posts are wild. Never change b8

swirldude - this user has been around forever but i cant remember anything in particular right now

Maniac64 - One Piece bro, but unfortunately also a Souls detractor, so the jury is still out

LordoftheMorons - Another FF14 bro. Also I remember in my FF ranking topic, everybody was in the middle of this giant heated argument about Nomura, and right in the middle was your post that just said i like ff5 despite the story lmao

greengravy294 - I remember you posted a topic that was like i like to see others suffer so i can feel better about myself and ive been side eyeing you ever since

BlueCrystalTear posted...

I'm a very different person now than I was then. I think the medication change helped a LOT. I struggle getting accepted in lots of places no matter how I modify my behavior. I just wish people were more willing to talk to each other and see where they're coming from. I don't mean harm to anyone and just having a conversation would help others realize that.

Im really glad to hear that, and your posts seem pretty chill nowadays, so me and you are cool as far as im concerned

MZero posted...

Phantasy Star IV
Seiken Densetsu 3

DKC2 vs PSIV is crazy tho

Is Tunic really a soulslike? It has elements but its more a zelda clone imo

heres my stats:

Lv 132

VGR 22
END 23
VIT 28
ATN 16
STR 40
DEX 8
ADP 16
INT 26
FTH 6

Raw Butchers Knife +5
Sorcerers Staff +7
Blossom Kite Shield +5
Gyrm Warrior Helm +10
Drangleic Mail +4
Dark Gauntlets +4
Drangleic Legging +4
Chloranthy Ring +1 (basically need it for this damn weapon)
Clear Bluestone Ring (fire magic quickly)
Ring of Steel Protection +1
Royal Soldiers Ring +1 (keeps weight down so i can hold all this shit)

Great Heavy Soul Arrow
Great Soul Arrow
Heavy Soul Arrow

Bosses beated
The Last Giant
The Pursuer
Ruin Sentinels
Dragonrider
The Lost Sinner
Skeleton Lords
Covetous Demon
Mytha, The Baneful Queen
Flexile Sentry
Royal Rat Vanguard
The Rotten
Old Dragonslayer
Belfry Gargoyles
Executioners Chariot
Scorpioness Najka
Royal Rat Authority
Prowling Magus
The Dukes Dear Freja
Smelter Demon
Old Iron King
Dragonriders
Looking Glass Knight
Demon of Song
Velstadt, The Royal Aegis
Guardian Dragon

Aldias keep done, cool laboratory where they do horrific experiments on the poor monsters

Got the guardian dragon first try, and i might have to save and quit at the dragon aerie for now. Gonna be out of town for a couple days

Aldias keep - a horse buggy is shaking with something inside it - messages around it:

thrusting ahead attack by the way woman hurrah for thrust

Lmao how do these mother fuckers come up with this shit

Lopen posted...

Shadow of the Colossus or as I call it Barren Open Spaces: Horseback Riding Simulator Edition might not be a 1/10 but it's darn close.

^You sure you wanna be this guy Ulti?

I was not expecting the king to be like this

Lol nah it was definitely a struggle

Okay i cant run, but maybe i can make it
to this witch if i roll through her projectiles, oh fuck theres ANOTHER witch shooting me? Oh god now theres a dude with a spear, just gotta maneuver and not fall in the water, BUT NOW WHAT THE SHIT THERES TWO SPEAR DUDES CHASING ME- dead

Oh thats dope

Xtlm - uhhhhhh... OH, he's a fellow retro game collector. He also enjoys Japanese Saturn games. True.

Wicklebee - no idea

hombad46 - another fellow One Piece bro, and when I made my Pokemon Sword/Shield topic asking people their thoughts, he was actually one of the ones who convinced me it sucks

Andddd I think that's it. Whew that took all of my mental energy

MacArrowny posted...

I'll have you know I played NiGHTS into Dreams recently and now acknowledge that Sega has made another good game :p

Well don't stop there; keep going! Hit up Xtlm; I'm sure he can recommend you something

UltimaterializerX posted...

The problem with me trolling for so long is people dont take my opinion as me actually meaning it when theyre against the grain as it were.

I promise you I despite Shadow of the Colossus and think the game is bad. That is not me trolling.

sorry cant hear you over how ignored you are

Looking Glass Knight down, another pushover, and another regular armor dude, but the mirror that summons dudes was a cool touch, and the music was cool

The water area afterwards whew you cant run and theres witches shooting at you, while other enemies pop out and clusterfuck you whew. Hard but fun tho.

Demon of Song down too, first try yet again, but very cool design and cool music

Undead Crypt now

Just climbed an extremely long ladder and at the top was a message that said visions of boss. In short hurrah for stealth

Actually we only got partially through Shulva. I cant go back and solo it on my own so im not messing with it yet.

Doing Drangleic Castle now. Just like Iron Keep, its hard but in a fun way. Just fought Dragonriders who were a pushover

there sure are a lot of regular old knights in armor bosses

I'm uncoordinated so I just pay a guy who runs a computer repair shop to fix all my shit lol. Props to you for trying yourself tho

BlueCrystalTear - Okay so this is the account I confused NBIceman with. I already know im an idiot ok

And oh boy lol. Just like with Ulti, people deserve second chances, but man you were infamous on my main forum back in the day lmao. No joke - once a year I get together with my old internet friends, and we reminisce on the old forum days, and one time they were like "Hey Josh, remember when you invited that guy andyman to our forum?" and I just had to sit there and let them laugh at me and take the L.

But whatever its all good. And nah I haven't watched Survivor in forever. God I forgot we used to go hard on that shit here on b8 with Inviso and everyone. I think I even ran Save my Survivor? Between this and Pun's post I'm now suffering from second hand embarrassment, so thanks a lot guyz

colliding's actual serious writeup - despite our differences we could probably both karaoke the Lunar music together so he's cool with me. PS: this writeup wasnt serious at all

catesdb - oh dude she's hilarious - "grandia 1 looks like a middle schoolers cartoon show" lmao and also "i will now rank .3 vgm" lmao i still have no fucking clue what that meant or what the rules were.

And she made the Unicorn Overlord topic so yeah she's cool

ZaziGuado - im drawing a blank right now sorry ;-;

guffguy89 - see above

_Blur_ - he's my Bloodborne bro. Also I enjoyed watching him conquer F-Zero 99, and I remember there was a game contest where we had to choose between Smash Ultimate and Elden Ring, and he was like YO THIS IS HARD, and I was like YO SAME, so he has good taste

MacArrowny - A bit of a mixed bag for me

THE GOOD:
He was an absolute bro in my FF14 topic
Hates The Quarry

THE BAD:
Souls detractor who just made up random nonsense in his arguments
A wiseass who joked there aren't that many great Sega Genesis games

So the jury is still out on this guy

Tidus

Also stop using modern art for the characters lol. 2000s kratos isnt better than glados, but modern kratos might be

Lmao oh god i dont remember any of that. Thats hilarious tho. What a cringe little bastard i was

wallmasterz - this is the Mario bro right here. Don't nobody know more about Mario then this guy. Also he dm'd me telling me "nice game collection" so this user is cool with me forever

Punnyz - this is the fighting game master right here. Back in the day I fought this guy online in Street Fighter IV or something, and he just relentlessly fucking destroyed me, and eventually when I was like "cough cough okay i gotta run" he was nice enough to still be like "ggs"

Also another random memory - when Blue Dragon came out, I thought it was a piece of shit and returned it to the store, but you made a playthrough topic for it, and you were like "i dunno guys, should i give up on this?" and i was like "no, you have to see it through!" and you were like "ok" lmao. Fucking Blue Dragon man. Game fucking sucked.

Also... I might just be imagining this, but I think there was an old picture of you holding an Xbox 360 or something, while making a super funny face? It was you or someone else. If you still have it, please post it again, because that shit just lives in my head rent free

UltimaterializerX - Oh boy lol. Okay, first off, back in the day I used to go to the b8 wiki and the character profile geocities site, and there was always "ULTI'S ANALYSIS" lmao so at first I was like "oh shit this guy got clout."

Fast forward to last year during my FF ranking topic, and the topic was just bumping itself for no reason. I made a topic like "uh guys wtf is going on", and someone was like "you have Ulti blocked." lmao. And I honestly don't even remember why I blocked you.

I actually find it funny you are such a quintessential part of board 8 culture, yet so many people hate you for whatever reason. But two things are true - 1. people deserve a second chance, and 2. we are all very different people now than when we were edgy teenagers and twenty-somethings, so fuck it you're cool with me. Everything you post makes you seem like a quality user, and I appreciate your help in my Dark Souls II topi-

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Isquen - Another guy who always rides with me on both FF14 and Souls. Thanks for always being there for me! This is actually a really pleasant user who has good takes. I actually first got to know you in my FF ranking topic, where you talked about completely breaking FFX. Make Yuna go down Auron's route so Bahamut fucking destroys people - incredible.